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Artist | Track | Approx. start time |
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The The | This Is The Day | |
Raspberries, The | I Wanna Be With You | 0:04:47 (Pop-up) |
Burt Bacharach | I Say A Little Prayer (backing track) | 0:07:59 (Pop-up) |
Josh Rouse | Nightime | 0:12:31 (Pop-up) |
Cactus Blossoms, The | Downtown | 0:17:42 (Pop-up) |
Peter Sarstedt | Frozen Orange Juice | 0:20:13 (Pop-up) |
Howlin' Wolf | Hidden Charms | 0:23:18 (Pop-up) |
Haircut 100 | Fantastic Day | 0:26:47 (Pop-up) |
Billy Strings And Willie Nelson | California Sober | 0:31:01 (Pop-up) |
Beths, The | Watching The Credits | 0:34:46 (Pop-up) |
Lonnie Mack | Turn On Your Love Light | 0:38:05 (Pop-up) |
Johnny Jones And The King Casuals | Purple Haze | 0:42:38 (Pop-up) |
Lene Lovich | Lucky Number | 0:46:09 (Pop-up) |
Liz Phair | 6'1" | 0:49:15 (Pop-up) |
Queen | My Best Friend (track) | 0:52:26 (Pop-up) |
Bug Club, The | Only In Love | 0:55:21 (Pop-up) |
Tripwires, The | Nights On Broadway | 0:56:49 (Pop-up) |
Sloan | I Dream Of Sleep | 1:01:46 (Pop-up) |
Psychedelic Furs, The | Love My Way | 1:03:54 (Pop-up) |
Maureens, The | Horse (Song For Joel) | 1:07:43 (Pop-up) |
Ron Trudeau | Smile a Little Smile For Me | 1:11:20 (Pop-up) |
NRBQ | When I Feel You Around Me | 1:15:21 (Pop-up) |
Michael Rault | When I'm Back In Town Again | 1:18:54 (Pop-up) |
Neil Young | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | 1:22:46 (Pop-up) |
Garrett T. Capps | Downtown, I'm Ready 2 Go | 1:25:42 (Pop-up) |
Todd Rundgren | Couldn't I Just Tell You | 1:29:42 (Pop-up) |
Marco Busato | I Don't Know Why | 1:32:31 (Pop-up) |
Stevie Wonder | Love Having You Around | 1:34:52 (Pop-up) |
Teenage Fanclub | Will I Still Have Thee? | 1:39:20 (Pop-up) |
Wynder K Frog | Tequlia | 1:42:39 (Pop-up) |
Eric Carmen | That's Rock And Roll | 1:46:59 (Pop-up) |
Layng Martine, Jr. | Love You Back To Georgia | 1:50:26 (Pop-up) |
Roves, The | I Am The Flood | 1:53:17 (Pop-up) |
Melodians, The | Rivers Of Babylon | 1:57:06 (Pop-up) |
Jonathan Richman | Everybody Loves Dolly | 2:01:11 (Pop-up) |
John Doe | Sweetheart | 2:02:49 (Pop-up) |
Ron Sexsmith | One Bird Calling | 2:05:07 (Pop-up) |
War | Why Can't We Be Friends? | 2:09:05 (Pop-up) |
Astrud Gilberto | The Crickets Sing For Anamaria | 2:12:53 (Pop-up) |
Paolo Nutini | Pencil Full Of Lead | 2:14:26 (Pop-up) |
Izaak Opatz | You Look Like I Need A Drink | 2:18:06 (Pop-up) |
Rami And The Reliables | Planes Over Lawrence | 2:22:20 (Pop-up) |
Collin Blunstone | I Want Some More | 2:24:42 (Pop-up) |
Squeeze | Albatross | 2:28:22 (Pop-up) |
Piper | Who's Your Boyfriend? (I Got A Feelin') | 2:30:18 (Pop-up) |
Rolling Stones, The | Miss You | 2:35:05 (Pop-up) |
Logan Ledger | (I'm Gonna Get Over This) Some Day | 2:40:05 (Pop-up) |
Rick Nelson | She Belongs To Me | 2:42:31 (Pop-up) |
Nick Lowe | Nutted By Reality | 2:47:10 (Pop-up) |
Talking Heads | And She Was (early version) | 2:49:55 (Pop-up) |
Jimmy Ruffin | 96 Tears | 2:53:18 (Pop-up) |
Adam Schlesinger | Something Happened | 2:55:43 (Pop-up) |
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CLICK HERE for Michael Shelley's appearance on the Finding Favorites podcast where he discusses WFMU, NRBQ, Nancy & road food
CLICK HERE for The Beatles Sorter (1200 choice decision game takes an hour)
CLICK HERE for The Beatles & The Butcher - The Story of The 'Yesterday & Today' Album
CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's
CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube
CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"
CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All
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CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie
CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"
CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"
CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe
CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID
CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender
CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"
CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps
CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley
CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link
CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"
CLICK HERE to point to your pointer
CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"
CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs
CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio
CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll
CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab
CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds
CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"
CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den
CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"
CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"
CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"
CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio
The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse
CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio
CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"
CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"
CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer
CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs
CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project
CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper
CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.
CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast
CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "
CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!
CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981
CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!
CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air
CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!
CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!
CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas
CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag
CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel
CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore
CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts
CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"
CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"
CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!
CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world
CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves
CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court
CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression
CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s
CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU
CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds
CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"
CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"
CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it
CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"
CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "
CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"
CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"
CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"
CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman
CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson
CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"
CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show
CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms
CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"
CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall
CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"
CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"
CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015
CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good
CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie
CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch
CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"
CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?
CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!
CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour
CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club
CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"
CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to
CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions
CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010
CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"
CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar
CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion
CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350
CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"
CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"
CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload
CLICK HERE for Gay Robot
CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research
CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)
CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing
CLICK HERE for the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"
CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen
CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!
CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years
CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman
CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"
CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse
CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"
CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.
CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?
CLICK HERE for optical illusions
CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work
CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill
CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"
CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off
CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show
CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU
CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut
CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of
CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"
CLICK HERE for a laugh
CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"
CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin
CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people
CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"
CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does
CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes
CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was
CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"
CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)
CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."
CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears
CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!
CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website
CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers
CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine
CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.
CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.
CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!
CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!
CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios
Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version
CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID
CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"
CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book
CLICK HERE for "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"
CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.
CLICK HERE to point to your pointer
CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"
CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs
CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio
CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019
CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll
CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab
CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds
CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"
CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den
CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"
CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"
CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"
CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio
The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse
CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio
CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"
CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"
CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer
CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs
CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project
CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper
CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.
CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast
CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "
CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!
CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981
CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!
CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air
CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!
CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!
CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas
CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag
CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel
CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore
CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts
CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"
CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"
CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!
CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world
CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves
CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court
CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression
CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s
CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU
CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds
CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"
CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"
CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it
CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"
CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "
CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"
CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"
CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"
CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman
CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson
CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"
CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show
CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms
CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"
CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall
CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"
CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"
CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015
CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good
CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie
CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch
CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"
CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?
CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!
CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour
CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club
CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"
CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to
CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions
CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010
CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"
CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar
CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion
CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350
CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"
CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"
CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload
CLICK HERE for Gay Robot
CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research
CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)
CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing
CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"
CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen
CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!
CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years
CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman
CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"
CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse
CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"
CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.
CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?
CLICK HERE for optical illusions
CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work
CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill
CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"
CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off
CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show
CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU
CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut
CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of
CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"
CLICK HERE for a laugh
CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"
CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin
CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people
CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"
CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does
CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes
CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was
CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"
CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)
CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."
CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears
CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!
CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website
CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers
CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine
CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.
CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.
CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!
CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!
CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios
Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version
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Listener comments!
Michael Shelley:
Aaron Working In Newark:
Michael from down Richmond way:
Mert:
Yetz:
CalZone!:
Triple G:
Good morning Glisteners!!
Danny in Poughkeepsie:
Aaron Working In Newark:
The Butterman:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
Clay under the weather today?
Andrea C from the app:
Mert:
dale:
Mert:
Will thee Sound Guy:
PaulRobeson1923:
Creature Boy:
morphe':
dave:
Black Dog:
EdziuS:
David WSW:
Spikey BXL:
modern blaze:
louie lifeform:
jura:
nurse t:
dale:
The Butterman:
Pedro in Arlington:
Doug in MP:
MrDeb:
EdziuS:
LCBD:
Good morning all!
TDK60:
Sean in Knoxville:
J&E in Ithaca NY:
Corey:
Pox:
Yetz:
Michael Shelley:
Baja Joe:
Spikey BXL:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
PaulRobeson1923:
PaulRobeson1923:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
Spikey BXL:
Yetz:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
Tom from Stirling:
Mama's little poopy loves shortnin' bread
Doug in MP:
Buddha of Suburbia:
Will thee Sound Guy:
David WSW:
sydnius:
Tom from Stirling:
The Butterman:
Michael Shelley:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
Gerry from Miami:
Andrea C from the app:
PaulRobeson1923:
RECTUM!
PaulRobeson1923:
TDK60:
sydnius:
Tom from Stirling:
PaulRobeson1923:
Yetz:
Claire from Montclair:
Paulo AD:
TDK60:
dday:
sydnius:
Spikey BXL:
dday:
Rex P:
Will thee Sound Guy:
Sera from Rockaway:
sydnius:
dday:
Sera from Rockaway:
Phin The Hyooman:
Rex P:
TDK60:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
JohnEBGood:
Krys O.:
GPB:
Panther:
Phin The Hyooman:
LCBD:
Tom from Stirling:
Brown cow?
Paulo AD:
Paulo AD:
CalZone!:
Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ:
Tom from Stirling:
Phin The Hyooman:
Paulo AD:
Smacky:
David WSW:
Still love the smell of roasting coffee beans.
SWK:
J&E in Ithaca NY:
Alex Oro:
Paulo AD:
PaulRobeson1923:
Handy Haversack:
dale:
Karl Ward:
Cooh John:
CalZone!:
yerfriendpaul:
David WSW:
MikeG:
Rob from Bermuda:
Panther:
David WSW:
David WSW:
Michael Shelley:
dday:
Will Levis, college quarterback drafted this year by the Tennessee Titans drinks his that way.
Me..I'm a simple man, 1/2 caf coffee, with half & half or milk, no sugar
modern blaze:
dday:
Creature Boy:
Baja Joe:
Yetz:
Michael Shelley:
radioronan:
Handy Haversack:
TDK60:
Gerry from Miami:
onthetrain:
AnitaPepita:
Tom from Stirling:
David WSW:
The Butterman:
dday:
Grandpa also used to let me sneak a sip of his Schafer beer when we hung out in the basement workshop.
Squints:
hey HEY hey now.
Miss Clay as always on the sub days. But this is quite acceptable.
Numbah one, even.
Handy Haversack:
Tom from Stirling:
Buddha of Suburbia:
PaulRobeson1923:
Squints:
Tom from Stirling:
Buddha of Suburbia:
Chris Hiatt:
dday:
Yetz:
Creature Boy:
TDK60:
sydnius:
LCBD:
Hi Buddha, TDK60, and all!
PaulRobeson1923:
Joe B:
Gerry from Miami:
dday:
So Warner rounds us up 7 out we go.
On site, a tractor trailer full of Schafer had overturned. The driver told Doug take as much as you want, Insurance covers the load.
Every crevice in Doug's car was stuffed with cans of Schafer.
TDK60:
EdziuS:
Good morning 🌄
yerfriendpaul:
Squints:
Mayo on a sammich? Might as well put ketchup on a hot dog. What am I? Five years old? 8^)
Joe B:
dday:
Spikey BXL:
Squints:
Tom from Stirling:
Squints:
dday:
You being a word man (not a bird man), have you ever read Blaise Cendrars work?
I came across a mention of it in something else I am reading & it sounded very interesting. Just thought I'd pass that on.
Michael Shelley:
AnitaPepita:
Squints:
David WSW:
Rick A:
Tom from Stirling:
Tom from Stirling:
modern blaze:
dday:
He's been battling Stage 4 prostate cancer for several years now and the bills keep coming. Nice guy, great family.
www.billboard.com...
common:
Joe B:
Handy Haversack:
modern blaze:
Chris Hiatt:
Handy Haversack:
LCBD:
Hi ourfriendpaul: long time, no see.
dday:
modern blaze:
TDK60:
Crei6hton:
yerfriendpaul:
David WSW:
yerfriendpaul:
Gerry from Miami:
Krys O.:
jeanjae:
Squints:
Did you happen not to know who was playing or is the Opry pot luck on any given night they're having it? Because that would make it REAL innaresting.
Michael Shelley:
Squints:
morphe':
TDK ... sorry no walk/adventure, was busy with ill/dying neighbor ... trying to get her out of the hospital and into long term care...
Squints:
Gerry from Miami:
pp:
yerfriendpaul:
LCBD:
Joe B:
yerfriendpaul:
Tom from Stirling:
If you ask again
I knock you down
Squints:
Peter My Name Is PETER:
Doc from Memphis:
Fredericks:
Michael Shelley:
dday:
Hank from Maplewood:
Tom from Stirling:
Hank from Maplewood:
dday:
pp:
Bill C:
dday:
Buddha of Suburbia:
yerfriendpaul:
Strandlund:
sydnius:
Buddha of Suburbia:
yerfriendpaul:
Buddha of Suburbia:
Squints:
morphe':
LCBD:
I have to head out soon too. Thanks for a great fill-in, Michael Shelley! Really great!
Fred and Alan:
LCBD:
sydnius:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
LCBD:
Tom from Stirling:
Fred and Alan:
sydnius:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
Dave Conehead:
pp:
Fred and Alan:
LCBD:
Tom from Stirling:
Chris Hiatt:
Fred and Alan:
Erik/VermonT:
Btw: that dreamy sleepy Sloan song was so lovely & fun - is their 13th (!) studio album a winner or what ?!
luka:
sydnius:
yerfriendpaul:
luka:
-жеи:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
Squints:
Squints:
luka:
sydnius:
Fragonard:
Handy Haversack:
David WSW:
Squints:
bobobob plasticland:
Pedro in Arlington:
KWilde:
Handy Haversack:
Joe B:
Purvis:
sydnius:
Chris Hiatt:
Rick A:
Scythe:
MobiusTurnbuckle:
luka:
luka:
sydnius:
Peter George Dylan:
David WSW:
Jared Stiletto:
Fredericks:
Rick A:
sydnius:
Chris Hiatt:
Michael Shelley:
Michael Shelley:
Handy Haversack:
Lerch:
Listener Bop Monroe:
wake traffic rules.
is that you tal farlow, heh heh...?
David WSW:
Les:
Michael Shelley:
MarginWalker in Baltimore:
Handy Haversack:
Michelle:
Michael Shelley:
Michelle:
Tom from Stirling:
David WSW:
Chris Hiatt:
Chris Hiatt:
yerfriendpaul:
Squints:
dday:
sydnius:
adampsyche:
Tom from Stirling:
Listener Bop Monroe:
Yetz:
dday:
Tom from Stirling:
Listener John from NJ:
Michael Shelley:
dday:
Fredericks:
sydnius:
Tom from Stirling:
Listener Bop Monroe:
parton AND the sheep!
awoken and bokin'!
TDK60:
dday:
thin slice:
sydnius:
dday:
PaulRobeson1923:
dday:
Listener Bop Monroe:
PaulRobeson1923:
sydnius:
Jung:
dday:
PaulRobeson1923:
Spikey BXL:
David WSW:
But to answer your question, “Stuck In The Middle With You” epitomizes the 70s for me, mostly because of a family road trip, with that song being every THIRD song on the various radio stations we could get on the AM car radio.
dday:
Tom from Stirling:
A little dark chocolate is good for ya.
PaulRobeson1923:
Jung:
Krys O.:
Squints:
PaulRobeson1923:
Andrea C:
PaulRobeson1923:
sydnius:
Eli:
PaulRobeson1923:
Ken From Hyde Park:
dday:
onthetrain:
Tom from Stirling:
PaulRobeson1923:
dday:
Squints:
IPAs just dent me up.
Handy Haversack:
PaulRobeson1923:
Andrea C:
sydnius:
dday:
Doc from Memphis:
Michael Shelley:
Listener Bop Monroe:
love2laf:
Todd-o-phonic Todd:
sydnius:
Chris Hiatt:
PaulRobeson1923:
Keep GListening (till u find me) it will seep deep into yer soul and revive the spirit! Or not.
Either way u r apart of a Friendship society baby! & aways welcome here
David WSW:
PaulRobeson1923:
Yetz:
Yetz:
dday:
Prof. Booty:
David WSW:
Andrea C:
Tom from Stirling:
Handy Haversack:
David WSW:
Handy Haversack:
Squints:
I don't need a reason.
But I got one.
Listener Bop Monroe:
and nothing wrong with loving one's self 1st.
ooo, that sounds creepy in print. sorry.
so, why do those large cans of 9% awful ipas cost less than a 22oz heinekin? you know which ones, the ones with skulls and top hats of fish dogs etc.
Andrea C:
Chris Hiatt:
Squints:
Try not to drink alone. There's comfort even to being a regular at a pub (or several).
dave:
Doc from Memphis:
sydnius:
Pedro in Arlington:
David WSW:
Spikey BXL:
Chris Hiatt:
Andrea C:
Yetz:
?:
sydnius:
Handy Haversack:
Krys O.:
dday:
Squints:
David WSW:
Krys O.:
Yetz:
dday:
dday:
Handy Haversack:
dday:
Listener Bop Monroe:
that and natty daddy ugh.
luckily i'm not up the junction.
pixie dust to all today!
David WSW:
dday:
Yetz:
luka:
Squints:
Billy Squiah, theah.
Krys O.:
Squints:
Andrea C:
Planet Tyler:
Tom from Stirling:
pp:
dday:
Our brains are like huge file systems and when the right path is inputted well, we get an output.
dday:
cee dub:
Chris Hiatt:
PaulRobeson1923:
Erik/VermonT:
- e.g: those latter, more recent Squeeze albums are surprisingly Excellent !
dday:
Yetz:
Squints:
I love the joy he takes from the stuff he analyzes.
PaulRobeson1923:
BillfromRockTavern:
Juli:
Jeffrey from west Florida:
Michael Shelley:
Tom from Stirling:
PaulRobeson1923:
David WSW:
Listener Bop Monroe:
Squints:
PaulRobeson1923:
Listener Bop Monroe:
Planet Tyler:
dday:
Tom from Stirling:
Handy Haversack:
Regina J:
Planet Tyler:
Squints:
Handy Haversack:
dday:
PaulRobeson1923:
David WSW:
Chris Hiatt:
Rick A:
dday:
Planet Tyler:
Fred and Alan:
Tom from Stirling:
PaulRobeson1923:
Could do with a few more Castrato singers
Listener Bop Monroe:
Andrea C:
David WSW:
dday:
PaulRobeson1923:
Bruce Mann:
morphe':
ps Thinking Mikey ...Roger's cereal of the week on Ddip was LIFE Handy called it early as did myself
Krys O.:
Tom from Stirling:
dave:
Listener Bop Monroe:
now we're just a 1 stoplight town on the way to Hunter mountain. i like it this way.
Krys O.:
dday:
I also watched another film which was excellent "Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, with Dave Letterman"
egould:
Planet Tyler:
David WSW:
As Bronski Beat said, “The answers you seek will/can never be found at home.” You are back there temporarily. Tomorrow is another day. Get through today. See you tomorrow, okay?
Listener Bop Monroe:
Planet Tyler:
Gerry from Miami:
Michael Shelley:
Fred and Alan:
dday:
www.youtube.com...
:) :)
Handy Haversack:
Later on, all.
Andrea C:
PaulRobeson1923:
Fred and Alan:
Tom from Stirling:
Show's over too.
Bye bye, Michael
Thank you
Corey:
David WSW:
Listener Bop Monroe:
this was a fun fill-in, sir. thank you.
'don't chicken out, see you' tomorrow!
takata ta-ta!
Gerry from Miami:
bbob:
PaulRobeson1923:
Alan in Marblehead:
GPB:
Thanks Michael, Danny & Glisteners! Have a great day ALL !
Peace
Fred and Alan:
Strandlund:
David WSW:
PaulRobeson1923:
Great Show, Mike! Good job!
utopiarun:
Spikey BXL:
luka:
dday:
yerfriendpaul:
MobiusTurnbuckle: